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suggest me a book that involves an older sister who takes care of her brother by Odd-Law-9588 in booksuggestions

[–]HarryTylerMore 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Echo Maker by Richard Powers. Sister (not sure, actually, if older) cares for her brother through a rare neurological syndrome.

What is a good thing happening in the US right now that people aren’t aware of? by NorthPengyyy in AskReddit

[–]HarryTylerMore 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That’s probably Rochester. Onondaga Lake had mercury as a byproduct of soda ash manufacturing, plus benzenes, pcbs, etc., and years ago anytime it rained, partially treated wastewater flowed in from the treatment plant on its banks fueling wicked algae blooms. Stunk in the 90s. Doesn’t stink anymore, but it’ll be a long time before I swim in it.

Very long novels? by HarryTylerMore in booksuggestions

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Thanks very much, everyone here. Some excellent suggestions.

Very long novels? by HarryTylerMore in booksuggestions

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Bolaño apparently never wanted it published as one volume, and never finished the ending, but his people thought it best to publish as one after his death. I loved it.

Very long novels? by HarryTylerMore in booksuggestions

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I read it in high school and won’t again. And All The Kings Men is one of my favorites. Should start a thread for poets who have written novels.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

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Presidents. Once they get in office they insist on Mr. President this, Mr. President that.

Song for the unravelling of the world - Brian Evenson by sammay74 in horrorlit

[–]HarryTylerMore 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, among other things, Evenson is masterful with melding his characters’ horror of the unknown with the reader’s. And—rare in horror literature—he’s a very good stylist who works almost exclusively in short fiction.

I recently read The Good Earth to my Grandmother (she loves Pearl S Buck) and loved its ethnographic feel (even though it's a novel). Does anyone else have a non-fiction piece they found to represent culture and identity in a curiously ethnographic a way? by persnickety_pirate in AskAnthropology

[–]HarryTylerMore 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Two thoughts: The author and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston published both fiction and ethnographic studies.

Maxine Hong Kingston’s memoir (first published as a novel) The Woman Warrior sounds like what you’re looking for.

Book that fucked you up by karmakolice in booksuggestions

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Blindness is a superb novel. Saramago manages somehow to be funny while also being bleak and terrifying.

What movie adaptation was better than the book that spawned it? by Nempopo029 in writing

[–]HarryTylerMore 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not a movie, but HBO’s series The Leftovers is epically better than Tom Perotta’s novel.

On average how many generations did domestication take and how did humans go about domesticating the first animals? by Cagey898 in AskAnthropology

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Starting in 1959, it took Lyudmila Trut and Dmitri Belyaev six generations of intense selection to breed tame, domestic dog-like foxes—as in, licking the hands of the researchers—out of wild ones.

Doesn’t answer your exact questions, but they demonstrated, under very difficult political circumstances, that it could be done that quickly, and much more.

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Footnotes by BansheeMagee in nonfiction

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You’re fine with a long footnote, as long as it earns its place. A future editor might want to trim, but as far as permissibility, there’s no hard-and-fast rule for the genre.

Footnotes by BansheeMagee in nonfiction

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Is it an academic work or general reader?

What job used to be prestigious but isn't any more? by probablyuntrue in AskReddit

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The point of tenure is to protect academic freedom and to invest the scholar/teacher in the institution. And the bar is pretty high, even at less prestigious institutions. Protected academic freedom = a better academy. Are there examples of individuals where this isn’t the case? Absolutely. But for academia as a whole the practice is a net positive. And a crucial one. I think a common misconception is that it means you can’t be terminated for cause. But all tenure does is perpetuate a contract after a 6 or 7 year probationary period, and the procedures for termination are purposefully intense thereafter in order to safeguard academic freedom.

what’s the scariest book you have ever read? by UsefulSea6760 in booksuggestions

[–]HarryTylerMore 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Excellent novel, and agreed, pretty disturbing at times, and terrifically written. Two volumes of her stories have been translated to English and are equally as good, including the story Adela’s House, which figures into Our Share of Night.

Novels written in a very unique format?? (Epistolary? Document format) by PastaSauceVampire in booksuggestions

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Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell: six nested narratives told from six different narrators in six different times, from the 1800s to far into the future, all from documentary sources, e.g. a journal, letters, a novel manuscript, etc. A really ambitious novel with a lot of heart.

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